We are up for the lodge and will be there. I can only see one problem with the mounting plates for the classics, as the front number plate sits back under the front bumper so top of the mencap plaque will not fit under. Looking forward to the pre Mencap meeting though.

Summers & S13XY C

 

DON'T FORGET

THE MENCAP PLANNING MEET IS AT THE LODGE

THIS THURSDAY (TOMORROW)

Mark

 

 

forgot to send my form off

Got my reminder today, will sort tomorrow

 

My "Co-Pilot" and I will be there

Out of interest, what time are people going to be arriving ?

 

Some @ 17.30 (https://www.scoobynet.com/essex-scoo...ml#post6849696) The rest as & when they get away from work.

Mark

 

Good meeting tonight guys .

BIG thanks go to FlatEric for the amount of time he has commited to organising routes / schedules etc and the mounting plates . Very much appriciated mate.

As food for thought regarding the routes etc on the day, as an idea how about "volunteers" coming forward to take the lead. The difference being is that the "volunteers" only do one part of the over all route.

Furthermore this allows each volunteer to pay more attention to their individual route section and come up with more inventive ways of getting to "their" check point (finding minor roads etc). Once at their contol point, the next volunteer takes lead.

If adopted and once everyone knows what section they are doing, with a month to go, there is plenty of time to research your route and make the day REALLY enjoyable. Plus, your route has to be kept secret, treat it as a magical mystery tour if you will. Good thing about this method is no one else will know if the leader is lost .

This also puts less pressure on one individual car / crew to take on the whole day to plan and allows a bit of variety in the running order. Plus allows the lead car to "drop back" on the next bout and be a follower and enjoy the scenery without having to worry about what turn to make next.

In any event, the CarPc will be programmed with the waypoints and Control Points, so if it all goes wrong, we can quickly get back on track by GPS



Just a thought anyway.

Yes, i will be a volunteer as i came up with the idea !!!

 

Radios are sorted, has 5 available at the moment, just sourcing another 3 which he can get during next week.

They will each come with individual charging stations, possibly a few spare batteries and they are good radios. I'm sure i still have my throat mic somewhere .

This is what they look like and saves us £15 odd quid each, might have to sort my mate a drink out though .



I'm going to ask that we have them ready at the beginning of May, that way if there are any unforseen problems it can be solved in time.

 

Remember I have 4 PBR's which can be borrowed they are on UK General Licence if thats compatable

 

Here are t-shirt requirements please Tiny for the

• Male size MEDIUM with TISSY and Driver underneath.
• Female size, whatever we said last night, with Mrs TISSY and Co-Driver underneath.

Cheers mate .

 

Nice one Steve

 

Good to meet you Steve & Nicky & put faces to names. Thanks for your praise for my endeavors.

Those radios look well up to the job. What sort of battery life do you get with a mix of standby & transmit rather than mostly standby?


Thanks for the offer of your ones Phil.

Mark

 

Nice to meet you to Mark.

They are the ones we used to use, so should be good for about 12hrs. I should be carrying a few spares also though.

 

Any feedback / thoughts on the suggestion at post 217 ?

 

Sounds like a good idea to me, then we all have the chance to lead and can contribute a little something to the overall day. I better warn the co driver she is going to be incharge of part of the route.

 

No pressure, its only if you want to do a section of the route.

But i think it will help to involve all in the day and introduce an element of surprise !!

 

Hi Folks not being affiliated to any area club, we would very much like to join up with you for this event, having previously done the last two and know some of you from the days event (Tiny and Ade & family).
But due to work having to miss out on most of the evening fun by leaving early previously.

I have this year managed to book the whole weekend off so looking forward to this very much.
A worthy cause and a terrific weekend.

We have also booked the Halfway House hotel for Frid & Sat. so again looking forward to meeting some of you then.

Barry & Ann

 

 

Looking forward to seeing the both of you. ESC will always welcome you, no doubt. Best you plan the trip to Weymouth on sunday as well, one not to be missed.

 

Barry

Thanks for the PM

Great news that both of you can join us

Im sure Flat Eric will notify the hotel that you will be dining with us on the Friday evening , That is if you would like to

Can i interest you both in an ESC MENCAP T Shirt for this event ?

Tiny

 

Thanks guys, weekend is free so look forward to a fun filled one.

Would very much like to purchase two t shirts thanks,

Driver, ~ Baza (M)
Co Driver ~ Ann (S)

Do you have paypal or would it be Ok on the Friday.

 

Not a problem.

Barry can you please give a yes or no to the following & I can add you to our list.

1. Friday evening meal for 2 @ the Half Way House.
2. Taxi for 2 to & from HH for the Saturday evening entertainment.

Mark

 

Yes to both thanks should be arriving around 6 ish Friday.

 

I'm guessing you can't make our little convoy down ?

We're planning on leaving from Thurrock Services between 1000hrs - 1030hrs on the Friday.

 

is anyone else doing the pink hairgel thing

I wont need as much as last time, so might have some spare

 

Mate, you are lucky i have been "persuaded" to wear a PINK () polo shirt.

So, i don't think there is much chance of me wearing PINK hair gel also !!

Anyway, the wife and i wear fancy dress nearly every day of the week (no perverse comments please). So i appriciate the opportunity to wear normal clothes once in a while !!

 

As my involvement so far has been fairly intense I am more than happy to take a back seat for this.

Yikes that means Jess

If this is what people want to do it might be an idea to start a list so people can put their name next to the section that they want to take the lead on.

Halfway House > Sparkford Shell > Check Point 2 Lead by :-

Check Point 2 > Yeovil Way Point Lead by :-

Yeovil Way Point > Check Point 5 Lead by :-

Check Point 5 > Check Point 4 Lead by :-

Check Point 4 > Lufton College Lead by :-

Mark

 

Good idea Mark

Or.........we could post the names of those who want to volunteer and it could be names in a hat to decide their route with the watchful eye of an official adjudicator (FLAT ERIC !!)

 

I volunteer to have no responsiblity

Its for the best

 

Would love too.
Working on it but it was a job to get cover for the weekend as it was.
Will know nearer the time.